† esperancen.

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s esperaunce, 1500s espirance.

Etymology: < French esperance = Provençal esperansa, Spanish esperanza, Italian speranza < late Latin *spērantia, < spērāre to hope.

Obsolete.

a. Expectation, hope.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > [noun]

hightOE

weenOE

hopec1200

speir1303

espeire1393

esperancec1430

c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. civ. 56 Þe burdoun hatteth esperaunce.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. v. 63 Made hym to sytte beside hym for to gyue hym good esperance.

a1505 R. Henryson Garmont Gud Ladeis 29 in Poems (1981) 163 Hir slevis suld be of esperance To keip hir fra dispair.

1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour iv. 5632 in Wks. (1931) I On the left hand of that gret Iuge; But espirance to gett refuge.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) iv. i. 4 The lowest, and most deiected thing of Fortune, Stands still in esperance.

a1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842–6) III. 9 In assured hope and esperance to recover his oun rowme.

b. Used as a watchword or battle-cry.

ΚΠ

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. ii. 96 Now esperance Percy and set on.

a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV ccc, in Poems (1878) IV. 76 Esperance! Noe, the word is, face about.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	esperance
释义	† esperancen. Forms: Also Middle English–1500s esperaunce, 1500s espirance. Etymology: < French esperance = Provençal esperansa, Spanish esperanza, Italian speranza < late Latin spērantia, < spērāre* to hope. Obsolete. a. Expectation, hope. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > [noun] hightOE weenOE hopec1200 speir1303 espeire1393 esperancec1430 c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. civ. 56 Þe burdoun hatteth esperaunce. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. v. 63 Made hym to sytte beside hym for to gyue hym good esperance. a1505 R. Henryson Garmont Gud Ladeis 29 in Poems (1981) 163 Hir slevis suld be of esperance To keip hir fra dispair. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour iv. 5632 in Wks. (1931) I On the left hand of that gret Iuge; But espirance to gett refuge. a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) iv. i. 4 The lowest, and most deiected thing of Fortune, Stands still in esperance. a1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842–6) III. 9 In assured hope and esperance to recover his oun rowme. b. Used as a watchword or battle-cry. ΚΠ 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. ii. 96 Now esperance Percy and set on. View more context for this quotation a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV ccc, in Poems (1878) IV. 76 Esperance! Noe, the word is, face about. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1430
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